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The Week of the Dragon: Dragon Activities for Young Children

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Summer has just begun which means I need to find a way to keep my two little ones busy! As a speech therapist I love doing themed activities.  I also love to continue building my kids speech and language skills. This summer my kids chose to do animals for our topic,  so I will be coming up with activities revolving around one animal per week. I will have different activities such as books,  snacks,  crafts,  yoga poses, etc..  Check back for more animal activities to use with your youngens at home, in the classroom, or in therapy.    In week one, we're starting with the dragon!  My son's choice 😀.  We always start the week reading. I like getting both fiction and non- fiction at various levels. Books are a great way to expose young children to new vocabulary.   Here are my top choices for the books we read: Dear Komodo Dragon-  This was a great book to teach my kids about a real "dragon".  This is my son's favorite animal, so he loved learning all the facts.  It